Hinge for automobile-hoods.



J. CARVER.

HINGE FOR AUTOMOBILE HQODS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 1915.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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PATEN T ()FFTQE.

JOHN CARVER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

HINGE FOR AUTOMOBILE-HOODS.

Application filed June 23..

'1 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Join CARVER, a subject of the Kingdom of Great Britain, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne. State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in llinges for Automobile-Hoods; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap.-

pertains to make and use the same. reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

and t0 the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to hinges especially designed and adapted for use in connection with automobile hoods, and it consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

The invention has for its object the provision of a comparatively simple, inexpensive and cllicient hinge construction for pivotall mounting the hood over the motor of an. automobile, in which the arrangement is such as to provide independent pivotal connections for each of the two halves coni- 'n'ising the hood to render them self-locking and separately detachable so as to facilitate the handling in their reinoval and replact ment, and wherein the construction is such as to conceal the hinge connections within the hood, and also to ell'cct a vveatherlight closure. between the adjoining edges of the two parts ofthe hood in a manner to present a comparativelv smooth finish on the c.\' terior surface thereof.

The preferred form of en'ihodiment of the present invention by which the above object is attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which.

Figure l is a central longitudinal sectional view through the hood aml a. porticn of the radiator and dash of the ar, between which said hood is mounted. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through one of the hinged sides of the hood, as on dashed line 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a central cross-sectional \'|t-" through the body of the hood, showing the relation of the two halves to each other and eic gaged at their hinged edges with the under lace ol an overlapping weather strip, as in the closed position of the hood. Fig. 'l i a detail view in pei'spectivc of the double Specification of Letters Patent.

thereof. as clearly shown in Fig. l.

Patented Apr. 18,1916.

1915. Serial N0.35,794.

hinge supporting bracket. Fig. 5 a frag mentary transverse sectional view through one of the supporting brackets of the hinged hood sections on dashed line S-Ji of Fig. l. and indicating by dotted lines one of the hood sections in an upturned position.

Referring to the parts of the device. h the characters of reference marked on me several views of the drawings, 1 designates a portion of the cowl of the bodv of the vehicle ontaining the dash '2, and indicates a portion of the radiator, etween which and the dash the hood is mounted. The hood consists of two upper oppositely inclined sections-l. to the lower edges of which vcrtical side sections 3 are commonly hinged as at (l to fold inwardly upon the upper ections. respectively, 'lhese hood sections are supported at opposite ends in the usual way upon the lat ei'allj projecting ledges T and 8 formed respectively on the opposed faces of the cowl l and radiator 3. The hood sections are hinged to swing upw.-u-dl v independently of each other upon pivots at opposite ends journaled in supporting brackets secured reSpectivel to the dash 2 aml radiator 3. Each of these brackets. of which there are two. comprises a base plate 9. extending into the body of which is a vertical depression having laterall v projecting oppositely inclined ribs forming undercut side walls ll). which are connected at the bottom of the depression by a horizontal rib ll, from the upper face of which a binding post 12 extends vertically and centrally in line with the base plate 9 and divides said depre sion into two vertical openings 13. The upper edge of the base plate 9 is formed at opposite ends with laterally projecting llangcs ll recessed in their upper faces aml joined at their inner ends with the side walls lll bv journal bearing bos es 13. Each of these bosses has a bore lo extending thercthrough. with which a rclativclv narrow radial slot 17 communicates vertically through the upper wall These brackets are disposed in reverselv opposed relation upon the inner faces. res wctivelv. ol' the dash and radiator. the ledges T and N of which are cut away between the llangcs of the brackets, one of which is secured through its llanges ll to the ledge T of the cowl b v rivets 15 through apertures ll therein, and also to the face of the dash by screws or rivets 20 through apertures 21 in the base plate 9. The other of said brackets is correspondingly secured to the ledge 8 and the meeting face of the radiator 3 in similar manner, as shown in Figs. 2

and 5. The brackets thus disposed are connected together by means of a tie-rod 22 which is secured at one end in an aperture 23 in the upper end of the binding post 12 of the bracket on the radiator, and is screwthreaded at its opposite end and extended through the aperture 23 of the post 12 of the dash bracket, being secured through said dash by jam nuts 24 and 25 on said rod between which said post and dash are confined, respectively. Mounted upon this rod is a metal weather strip 27, folded upon itself in the form of a T, the stem of which is formed tubular at its lower end and embraces said rod upon which it is positioned with the cross member lying in a horizontal plane and abutting at opposite ends against the inner faces of the cowl and radiator re spectively. The tubular portion and stem of this strip is cut away at opposite ends to accommodate the binding posts carrying the tie-rod. (See Fig. 1.)

The metal at the upper edge of each of the hood sections 4 is folded inwardly upon itself and is then rolled in the form of a sleeve or tube 28, which extends longitudinally of the hood upon the under side thereof at a point some distance back of its upper folded edge. cut short of the ends of the hood sections and abut against the inner faces of the journal bearing bosses 15, with which they lie in registering alinement. (See Fig. 2). Inserted in the ends of these tubes are hinge pintles 29, the ends 30 of which project beyond the ends of the tubes and are formed canrshape by flattening the surfaces np'on opposite sides suliiciently to permit the reduced or minor diameters to pass through the slots 17 and enter the pintles in the bores 16 of the bosses 15, wherein the major diameters of said pintles when rotated will be caused to abridge said slots and prevent disengagement therethrough except when turned to bring their minor diameters into registering alinement therewith. In this way each hood section is provided with a self-locking detachable hinged connection upon which it may be swung independently of the other. By arranging the pivotal axes eccentric to the hinged edges of the hood sections, these overhanging edges are caused to swing vertically in the arc of circles toward and from the cross member of the weather strip 27, which movement is accommodated at the ends of the sections by the openings 13 of the hinge brackets, and when in the down-folded position the adacent edges of the hood sections are caused to overlap and engage the under face of the I The ends of the tubes 28 are weather strip, which effects a water-tight closure of the joint between said sections, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. In this position the major diameters of the pintles lie transversely of the slots 17 of the bosses 15 and snugly filling the bores therein prevent disregistering alinement withthe slots of the hinge bosses, through which said pintles may be passed to disengage the hinge connection when desirous of removing the section, by lifting upwardly thereon.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An automobile hood hinge comprising hood sections having hinge pintles,-a pair of brackets for the hood sections, each bracket having a pair of hinge bearings vs aced apart thereon and adapted to receive.

t e hinge pintles of the hood sections, and a tie strip connected at opposite ends with said brackets and overlapping said hood sections.

2.,An automobile hood hinge comprising a pair of binge brackets adapted for attachment respectively to the dash and radiator of the vehicle, each bracket having a pair of hinge bearings spaced apart thereon and formed with radial slots therein, hood sections each carrying hinge pintles formed with minor diameters for registering with said slots and major diameters for engagement within said bearings, and a tie strip secured at opposite ends to said brackets.

3. In a hood for automobiles, a pair of hinge brackets for the hood sections, each having a pair of tubular hinge bearings spaced apart thereon, hood sections havin hinge pintles for pivotal engagement wit said bearings, and a T-shaped weather strip connected with said brackets and interposed between said sections in overlapping relation therewith.

4. In a hood for automobiles, a pair of hinge brackets adapted for attachment, respectively, to the dashand radiator of the vehicle, each bracket having a pair of tubuters for reception within said bearings, a

weather strip secured at opposite ends to '80 sition the minor diameters of the pintles in saidbrackets and overlapping the adjacent edges of said sections upon the upper faces thereof.

5. In a hood for automobiles, a pair of hinge brackets adapted for attachment, respectively, to the dash and radiator of the vehicle, each bracket having a pair of tubular bearings spaced apart thereon and provided With radial slots extending therethrough, hood sections spaced apart andhaving sleeves formed on their under faces near their adjacent edges, hinge pintles mounted in the ends of said sleeves and having their ends formed with minor diameters for registering with said slots and major diameters for reception in said bearings, a

tie-rod connected at opposite ends with said brackets, and a weather strip mounted on said rod and overlapping the adjacent edges of said hood sections upon the upper faces thereof.

(3. In a hood for automobiles, a pair of hood sections disposed in opposed adj cent relation and hinged at opposite end respectively, to the dash and radiator of the vehicle, and a weather strip secured at opposite ends, respectively, to said dash and radiator and overlapping the adjacent edges of said hood sections.

specification.

JOHN CARVER. 

